> Patent == monopoly
For a very specific definition of monopoly (in particular, monopoly over use of a specific resource, not monopoly in the market sense).
In that same sense of the word "monopoly", private property == monopoly.
For a very specific definition of monopoly (in particular, monopoly over use of a specific resource, not monopoly in the market sense).
In that same sense of the word "monopoly", private property == monopoly.
You can rent your house out an AirBnB 20 times while still living in it, and you can non-exclusively license your patent 20 times.
In fact, just last weekend I let 20+ people into my house for a party. The notion of privately owned property didn't suddenly become absurd at the beginning of that party...
"Exclusive right to use" is not unique to intellectual property, nor is the ability to scale a piece of private property from 1 user to N concurrent users.
You can stop them from infringing your patent, just as you can prevent your neighbor from building an apartment building on your real estate.